*EXTREMELY RARE INSCRIBED SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED HALF GOLD PLATED MARLIN MODEL 1893 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

*EXTREMELY RARE INSCRIBED SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED HALF GOLD PLATED MARLIN MODEL 1893 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 288311. Cal. 32-40. Fabulous Model ’93 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, takedown with Lyman ivory bead front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with beautiful burl & shell grain American walnut with Grade B checkering and pistol grip stock with serpentine grip cap & crescent buttplate. Receiver, lever, buttplate, forend cap and knurled end of the inside magazine tube, along with the magazine bracket are gold plated. Receiver is engraved Grade 2 with the large oval vignette of a running white tail buck on left side and a standing white tail buck vignette on right side. Both sides have light foliate arabesque patterns fore & aft with light border patterns. Sides of lever boss are engraved to match. Side of bolt, sides of takedown ring & forend cap, top & bottom of receiver and top tang also have light foliate arabesque engraving. Exposed five flats of bbl over chamber area also have light foliate arabesque patterns. Bottom of receiver is, most unusually, engraved “Thos. S. Jones”. Left side of top tang, under the wood, has the matching SN which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Screws are also gold plated. Accompanied by a copy of a Marlin Firearms Co. factory letter over the signature of Bill Brophy which identifies this rifle in caliber 32-40 with 26″ half oct bbl, takedown with pistol grip stock and the very rare notation “Engraving #2”, shipped Dec. 4, 1903. This extraordinary rifle is certainly one of only a very few with gold plating. PROVENANCE: Jim OPP Collection; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig blue with some light surface discoloration; receiver & lever and other gold plated parts retain about 94-95% strong orig gold; hammer retains most of its strong orig case colors and the trigger most of its orig blue; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains about all of its strong orig factory varnish; checkering shows light diamond point wear with a couple of spots of mashed diamonds on forearm. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, has been fired but very little. 4-44657 JR317 (15,000-35,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2129	$20,650.00	EXTREMELY RARE INSCRIBED SPECIAL ORDER DELUXE ENGRAVED HALF GOLD PLATED MARLIN MODEL 1893 TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE. SN 288311. Cal. 32-40. Fabulous Model ’93 with 26″ oct to rnd bbl, full magazine, takedown with Lyman ivory bead front sight and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with beautiful burl & shell grain American walnut with Grade B checkering and pistol grip stock with serpentine grip cap & crescent buttplate. Receiver, lever, buttplate, forend cap and knurled end of the inside magazine tube, along with the magazine bracket are gold plated. Receiver is engraved Grade 2 with the large oval vignette of a running white tail buck on left side and a standing white tail buck vignette on right side. Both sides have light foliate arabesque patterns fore & aft with light border patterns. Sides of lever boss are engraved to match. Side of bolt, sides of takedown ring & forend cap, top & bottom of receiver and top tang also have light foliate arabesque engraving. Exposed five flats of bbl over chamber area also have light foliate arabesque patterns. Bottom of receiver is, most unusually, engraved “Thos. S. Jones”. Left side of top tang, under the wood, has the matching SN which number is also found in top tang channel of buttstock and inside buttplate. Screws are also gold plated. Accompanied by a copy of a Marlin Firearms Co. factory letter over the signature of Bill Brophy which identifies this rifle in caliber 32-40 with 26″ half oct bbl, takedown with pistol grip stock and the very rare notation “Engraving #2”, shipped Dec. 4, 1903. This extraordinary rifle is certainly one of only a very few with gold plating. PROVENANCE: Jim OPP Collection; Wes Adams Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl & magazine tube retain 97-98% strong orig blue with some light surface discoloration; receiver & lever and other gold plated parts retain about 94-95% strong orig gold; hammer retains most of its strong orig case colors and the trigger most of its orig blue; wood is sound with a few light nicks & scratches and retains about all of its strong orig factory varnish; checkering shows light diamond point wear with a couple of spots of mashed diamonds on forearm. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, has been fired but very little. 4-44657 JR317 (15,000-35,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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